In this study, I investigated how information technology (IT) professionals learn/acquire soft skills. Little is understood about how IT professionals describe and apply the soft skills that they consider necessary for their own employability. Exploring how IT professionals describe and apply soft skills is important to their future work and…

Businesses use data to enhance operational performance, creating demand for professionally trained data/business analytics graduates. Universities offer a variety of academic programs in response to the increasing labor market demands. Yet, research on how well educational offerings adapt to market demand is scant. This paper aims to evaluate how…

This chapter advocates a teaching approach for the statement of cash flows (SCF) that includes introduction of the SCF early in the curriculum using the accounting equation format, which helps students visualize the cash and accrual activities. We then adapt this accounting equation format to a worksheet model that can be used later in the…

The following is an applied database scenario based on a single season in the FIA Formula One (F1) World Championship of auto racing. This scenario builds database understanding and skills through data modeling, data acquisition, creation of a database schema through a database management system, query construction, and report creation. In the…

This quantitative analysis explored the intrinsic and extrinsic turnover factors of relational database support specialists. Two hundred and nine relational database support specialists were surveyed for this research. The research was conducted based on Hackman and Oldham's (1980) Job Diagnostic Survey. Regression analysis and a univariate ANOVA…

The major objective of this program is to prepare a technically qualified data processing technician who can assist a systems analyst in designing a logical systems approach to solve data handling problems, develop detailed data processing procedures, wire control panels or write programs, document these procedures in a professional manner,…

A survey of 67 data processing managers indicated a 34 percent reduction of employment for keypunch verifier operators due to the installation of optical scanning equipment. However, continued training of such operators is recommended since the skills are transferrable. A majority of managers predicted employment for more or about the same number…

The article describes a vocational habilitation program to train mentally disabled persons as electronic data processing (EDP) personnel. An economic rationale for employing disabled individuals is supported with market survey data, and the capabilities of disabled persons are shown in the preliminary results of a pilot EDP training program.…

The paper examines ways in which the concept of work identification may provide a useful means of delineating the boundaries of occupational groups. Two kinds of identification are discussed: identification with employing organizations and identification with occupation.

Hull High School in suburban Boston (Massachusetts) is rated as one of the top 10 secondary schools in the country offering a computer education program. The same computers used by the students are shared by school officials for administrative tasks. (Author/MLF)

It is necessary to have a relevant secondary school data processing curriculum as the first step toward career preparation in data processing. The curriculum should be patterned on local business needs. (JOW)

This Rate Training Manual and Nonresident Career Course (RTM/NRCC) is intended to serve as an aid for Navy personnel who are seeking to acquire the management and operational skills required of candidates for advancement to the rate of Data Processing Technician First Class or Data Processing Technician Chief. Designed for individual study, the…

The revised date processing department at the O'Fallon Area School in St. Louis emphasizes training for entry placement in such jobs as forms equipment, tape librarian, EAM operator, control clerk, keypunch operator, junior operator, and computer operator. Three new courses (data concepts, data entry devices, and advanced data concepts) are…